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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
I personally wouldn't buy that book, if it ever shows up, if it were on Kindle Unlimited. I wonder how many other people there are like me? This absurdly long delay has allowed me to learn to let that story go. I just don't care anymore. I have invested all my interest in the TV show and will settle for whatever ending HBO provides. I'm done.
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I'm somewhat the same. Book four was a huge disappointment for me after the wait (like no-one could have told him that leaving everyone's favorite characters out of a book fans had waited 5 years for would be a bit of a mistake
). And book five never did get going for me, so I stopped after a few chapters. I'm done with the book series. I used to enjoy his "Dunk and Egg" novellas much more; but then he hasn't written one of those in--what... seven years or so?
The only difference between you and me, is that I'm done with the TV series as well. Got tired of watching them making it a contest to see just how much boobs and gore could possibly be wedged into the timeslot. Stopped watching about halfway through season four. *yawn* Plus, I'm not willing to encourage authors who've tired of producing their own magnum opuses (yes, I chose that over magna opera) to punt all the heavy lifting to the television execs just because they've grown weary of the slog.
Trivia: name some other Major US/UK book series (whose author was alive and still "writing it") where the television adaptation was allowed to pass it up and spoil the ending for readers.
What true author would allow someone else to present/produce the ending to their life's work, while they still had breath and health to finish it themselves first?